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The Eagle Has Landed...

 
By admin at Thu, 2009-02-26 07:09

Directed by Eagle Pennell. Starring Lou Perryman, Sonny Carl Davis, Doris Hargrave. Now on DVD.

What movie deserves credit for kickstarting the modern indie-film movement? According to conventional wisdom, it’s John Sayles’ 1980 ensemble drama Return of the Secaucus Seven, although many cinema historians would argue the case for Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise (198...

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Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury Signs for 9 Marvel Movies!...

 
By admin at Thu, 2009-02-26 06:09

EXCLUSIVE: Knowing How to Spot the Apocalypse with Alex Proyas

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: James Gray & Vinessa Shaw Talk Two Lovers!

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail Cast Featurette

SET VISIT: Climb Aboard the Owl Ship with the Watchmen!

The Transformers 2: Revenge of The Fallen Teaser Is Here!

SET VISIT: We Journey to Stevenson Ranch for Fast & Furious

SET...

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Perry ponders Madea's demise...

 
By admin at Thu, 2009-02-26 03:09

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Filmmaker Tyler Perry wants his signature character dead.

Madea, the lead character in «Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail,» the comedy that topped the U.S. box office last weekend with $41 million in its first three days of release, is the big-hearted but foul-tempered, pistol-packin' granny who has emerged as the

The dramedy marks Perry's all-time opening weeke...

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Super Thin Carbon Films Taking the World by Storm...

 
By admin at Thu, 2009-02-26 02:09

In the magazine's cover story, C&EN Senior Editor Mitch Jacoby notes that these so-called graphene sheets — 50,000 times thinner than the width a single human hair — were first isolated by researchers just a few years ago. The nano-size sheets perform better than life-size carbon, with higher strength and the ability to conduct electricity faster. These properties make them attractive for deve...

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A talk with the writer-director behind ‘Two Lovers’...

 
By admin at Thu, 2009-02-26 00:09

The story has its origin in two places. One of them is Dostoyevsky’s “White Nights,” which I pulled off the shelf a while ago for a little light reading. What I saw in that story was a person who today would be assigned a whole host of psychological maladies, and pharmaceuticals to address them, but in the 19th century he would just have been considered a little off. The other...

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Jackson Signs Nine-Picture Deal to Play Nick Fury!...

 
By admin at Wed, 2009-02-25 23:09

Source:The Hollywood Reporter , Variety February 25, 2009

Samuel L. Jackson has buried the hatchet with Marvel Entertainment, making a deal to play the role of Nick Fury in , and potentially many other films.

Jackson's deal is a long-term commitment to play Fury, the leader of the espionage unit S.H.I.E.L.D. His deal contains an option to play the character in nine future Marvel ...

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U2 brings Spider-Man to the Stage...

 
By admin at Wed, 2009-02-25 22:09

U2 is collaborating with their 'Spidey' senses to make a musical set come out in 2010.

Spider-Man is being made into a musical to come out in February 2010. The production will feature music by Bono and The Edge from the Irish band U2 according to BBC. It is going to be directed by Julie Taymor who was also a major contributor to the "Lion King" production.

The show will open at t...

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Pushed to the brink: How a family nearly lost their teenage ......

 
By admin at Wed, 2009-02-25 21:09

A smile spreads across Gill Osborn's face as she wraps her arms around her teenage daughter, Sammy.

Dramatically reunited just a few weeks ago, the family still can't believe they have her back.

For two years, 41-year-old Gill hardly dared dream of seeing her daughter again

after she ran away to be with a man she had met on the internet.

For the first six months, no on...

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Verizon Wireless Files to Stop Telemarketer...

 
By admin at Wed, 2009-02-25 20:09

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Corry online stateside...

 
By admin at Wed, 2009-02-25 19:09

Britain's oldest and most cherished soap opera, Coronation Street, will be shown online to US viewers after an agreement made by ITV.

The terrestrial broadcaster has signed a deal with Amazon Video on Demand to show episodes of the show over the internet stateside.

According to John Norman, the senior vice-president of international sales for the Americas for ITV Global Entertainme...

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